rel; sae we mae just
as weel quarrel the noo, as lang's the siller's in ma pouch."

1617

In all thy quarrels leave open the door of reconciliation.

1618

To quarrel with one person to please another, is to meet what we
merit,--the displeasure of both.

--_Crete._

1619

He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with, has no
right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.

1620

If you wish a wise answer you must put a rational question.

R

1621

WHEN IT RAINS.

THE PESSIMIST.

The rain is coming down in sheets;
It makes me sad to think about
The mud that will be in the streets
And all the crops and things washed out.

THE OPTIMIST.

This rain will wash the dirt away,
And leave the pavements nice and clean;
I needn't use the hose to-day
To keep the front yard looking green.

1622

My high birth suffocates me. If thou love me, mother, thou wilt not on
all occasions quote my high rank; it is those only who have no peculiar
good in their own nature who are constantly speaking of their noble
birth.

1623

A man who attempts to read all the new publications must do as the fly
does--skip.

1624

Man is not the prince of creatures,
But in reason. Fail that, he is worse
Than horse, or dog, or beast of wilderness.

--_Field._

1625

When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good
reason for letting it alone.

--_Sir Walter Scott._

1626

"Live and let live" was his rule: no more I'll say.

1627

There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's
life, that word is reciprocity;

What you do not wish done to yourself,
Do not do to others.

--_Confucius._

1628

The bow cannot possibly stand always bent, nor can human nature subsist
without recreation.

--_Cervantes._

1629

_Regret._--It is folly to shiver over last year's snow.

--_Whately._

1630

Relaxation above produces remissness below. (In authority.)

--_Chinese._

1631

A religion that costs nothing, does nothing.